Alternatives to Passbolt
Open source team password manager
Passbolt ranks #10 of 14 in Password managers, with an Alt Score of 71. It is licensed under AGPL-3.0, freemium from €4.5/month per user and available on Windows, iOS, Android and Browser extension. 13 of 14 checklist rows are verified against a public source.
IT teams and organizations that need to store, share, and manage passwords collectively, especially security-conscious teams (DevOps, sysadmins, larger companies) that want control over where their credential data lives.
An open-source, self-hostable password manager built on OpenPGP encryption, so each credential is encrypted end-to-end and private keys never leave the user's device. It provides granular, per-item sharing and permissions, folders and tags for organizing credentials, and browser extensions plus mobile and desktop clients for autofill and autosave. Being self-hosted (Docker, Kubernetes/Helm, or native Linux install), organizations keep full control of their data instead of trusting a third-party cloud vault.
Admins deploy the Passbolt server on their own infrastructure, then users install the browser extension and generate an OpenPGP key pair protected by a passphrase to log in. Credentials are encrypted individually and shared with specific users or groups by granting access, which re-encrypts the secret with the recipient's public key rather than exposing a shared master password.
Where Passbolt stands out
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Feature comparison
Rows come from the Password managers checklist (18 rows). Human-verified cells only. ? means the value has not been verified.
| Password managers checklist | Passbolt | Psono | Keeper | Proton Pass | Zoho Vault | RoboForm |
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Every fact and feature listed for Passbolt is verified against its own pages. Each alternative is sourced on its own page.
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Pricing model Freemium verified 2026-07-08
CE is free/unlimited self-hosted OSS; Pro/Enterprise are paid tiers.
Free forever Community Edition ... Free With unlimited users Open source under AGPLV3 license
https://www.passbolt.com/pricing -
Platforms Windows, iOS, Android, Browser extension verified 2026-07-08
Desktop app is Windows-only today; macOS/Linux listed as coming soon.
Browser extensions ... Chrome Brave Firefox Vivaldi Edge Safari Mobile Apps ... iOS or Android ... Desktop Apps
https://www.passbolt.com/downloads -
License AGPL-3.0 verified 2026-07-08
GNU AFFERO GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE Version 3, 19 November 2007
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/passbolt/passbolt_api/master/LICENSE.txt -
Starts at €4.5/month per user verified 2026-07-08
€4.5 /month per user Billed annually Minimum 10 users.
https://www.passbolt.com/pricing -
Status active verified 2026-07-08
tag_name": "v5.13.0" ... "published_at": "2026-06-12T09:21:54Z""
https://api.github.com/repos/passbolt/passbolt_api/releases/latest -
E2E encryption (zero-knowledge) Yes verified 2026-07-08
end-to-end encryption. This means secrets are encrypted on the client side and can only be decrypted by authorized users, not the server.
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Passkey support No verified 2026-07-08
MFA page lists only Duo, YubiKey (OTP), TOTP; no passkey/WebAuthn login.
DUO Yubikey TOTP
https://www.passbolt.com/docs/user/advanced-features/mfa/ -
TOTP / 2FA codes storage Yes verified 2026-07-08
Passbolt supports creation of TOTP ... You can also create a standalone TOTP
https://www.passbolt.com/docs/user/basic-features/mobile/totp-mobile/ -
Browser autofill Yes verified 2026-07-08
The browser extension also helps auto-fill credentials for known websites
https://www.passbolt.com/downloads -
Secure sharing Yes verified 2026-07-08
three permissions at the resource or folder level: Owner... Update... Read... Type the name of a user you would like to share this password with.
https://www.passbolt.com/docs/user/basic-features/browser/share-resource/ -
Emergency access No verified 2026-07-08
Admin-side key escrow, not a user trusted-contact emergency-access feature.
Account recovery (Escrow)
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Breach monitoring Partial verified 2026-07-08
Passphrase-reuse check against HIBP, not continuous monitoring of stored passwords.
Have I been pwned? Passbolt protects you from reusing a passphrase that has been used on hacked websites.
https://www.passbolt.com/security -
Hardware key support (FIDO2) No verified 2026-07-08
YubiKey OTP" ... touch it to release a Yubico OTP." — YubiKey via Yubico OTP, not FIDO2/WebAuthn.
Select the provider
https://www.passbolt.com/docs/user/advanced-features/mfa/yubikey/ -
Self-hostable server Yes verified 2026-07-08
Self-hostable server, for maximum privacy ... Passbolt server can be self-hosted inside your own infrastructure.
https://www.passbolt.com/security -
Family / team vaults Yes verified 2026-07-08
Team/shared folders + groups; Passbolt targets teams/orgs rather than families.
Private and shared folders Users and groups management
https://www.passbolt.com/pricing -
Password health report Yes verified 2026-07-08
Feature-table entry ('Health Check'); no dedicated docs page details scope.
Password expiry Health Check Secret history (beta)
https://www.passbolt.com/pricing -
CLI Yes verified 2026-07-08
Passbolt CLI ... can be used from any terminal to perform CRUD operations on a self-hosted or cloud-hosted Passbolt instance.
https://www.passbolt.com/downloads -
Third-party security audit published Yes verified 2026-07-08
Cure53 ... front-end code as well as back-end code has been fully audited by Cure53 in 2021. SOC 2 Type II. In 2021 we got successfully audited for SOC 2 Type II.
https://www.passbolt.com/security
FAQ
Yes. Proton Pass, Zoho Vault and RoboForm have a free tier or are fully free. Free-tier limits in the comparison table are verified and dated.
Psono, Proton Pass and Padloc — every license claim links its source.